London’s top Backstage Tours
Five of the best: London’s top Backstage Tours to enjoy in and around the West End
Going behind the curtain can be an eye-opening experience. The sheer scale of West End theatres such as Drury Lane, the National or the Royal Opera House is hugely impressive and a backstage tour is a great opportunity to see the hidden world of costume departments, scene-building and technical magic.
- National Theatre
- Insight into the backstage life of the UK's national theatre complex
- South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Tel: 020 7452 3400 (Map)
- Website
- Theatre Royal Drury Lane
- Currently home to Oliver!, this historic theatre site has been in use since the 1660s
- Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF Tel: 0870 890 1109 (Map)
- Website
- Royal Opera House
- Fascinating peak into the workings of one of the world's great theatres
- Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD Tel: 020 7304 4000 (Map)
- Website
- Shakespeare's Globe
- A tour of the theatre and exhibition entry to the recreation of Shakespeare's theatre
- 21 New Globe Walk, London , SE1 9DT Tel: 020 7902 1500 (Map)
- Website
- London Palladium
- More than 5 of you? Then tour this enormous London theatre
- Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF Tel: 020 7850 8770 (Map)
- Website
7 June 2010
